Improved brooch assemblage



March 17, 1936. M BOUCHER IMPBOVED BROOCH ASSEMBLAGE Filed Oct. 26, 1935 icl l..

INVENTOR Morcd Boucher Patented Mar. 17, 1936 PATENT OFFICE IMPROVED BROOCH ASSEMBLAGE Marcel Boucher, Eltingville, Staten Island, N. Y. Application ctober 26, 1935, Serial No. 46,843

Claims.

bers being associated with one another by re` silient means aiforded by elements of the brooch base member.

may be had by blanking out median portions of extensions of the brooch base member to afford, upon application of pressure, relative displacement and subsequent tensioning of such parts of the brooch base member, or by the provision of resilient means non-integral With but a part of the brooch base member.

As above indicated, the clip members when assembled upon the brooch base member may be worn as a brooch assemblage, suitable provision being made, as by a safety pin or equivalent, for attaching the assemblage upon the wearers garment, or one, both or all clip members may be dis-assembled from the brooch base member and worn individually, or asa pair or set.

Each clip member comprises a, clip back member upon which the ornamentation, per se, is mounted, and further comprises a clip base member serving the dual functions of affording assembly and dis-assembly relative to the brooch base member and in correlation with the clip back member for securing and locking the clip member individually to `the material of a garment.

Further features and objects of the invention will be more fully understood from the following detail description and the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a combination brooch and clip assemblage adapted to be mounted upon a brooch base member and associated parts for Pursuant to my present invention, resiliency and associated clip base member and clip back member. l f

Fig. 5 is an exploded view of another embodiment of my brooch base member and associated clip base member.

Referring to the drawing, Fig. 1 illustrates a two-clip type of brooch IIJ, the pair of indicated clips II, I2, being adapted to be mounted upon an assembling brooch base member. The ornamentation of the respective clips is optional, the individual ornamented elements II, I2, being respectively mounted upon appropriate parts, described more fully hereinafter, to afford ready and secured assembly of the respective clip members relative to the brooch base member, and to afford ready dis-assembly of the clip members individually to permit the same to be worn by the user either individually or as a pair or set. The brooch assemblage. may be secured to the material of the garment of the wearer in any suitable manner, usually by means of a safety pin of the character shown at I3, hinged at I3a to a part of the brooch base member and a suitable safety lock I3b.

The brooch base member provides per seffor resiliency for effecting the association and the dis-association of the respective clip members relative to the brooch base member. One embodimentl of such resilient brooch base member and associated clip parts is depicted in the exploded View of Fig. 4, comprising, in essentials, as indicated generally by the reference number IH, a body portion Illa, extension portions Mb corresponding in number to the number of the clip members, in this instance two. In the construction shown in Fig. 4, resiliency of the respective extension members Mb is had by blanking out median portions of such extension members I 4b respectively, as by means of the blanked out slot I4c terminating at its opposing ends in enlarged openings Md and further blanking a median portionindicated at Ide-of the body of the brooch base member transversely to and merging at its inner terminus with the blanked slot Mc, and terminating at its outer end in the arcuate diverging opening Illf to provide for the opposingly related, ooacting spring extensions Ida, whereby upon exerting pressure upon such extensions I 4g toward one another, the resiliently related parts of the extensions Mb are moved relativelytoward one another, to afford, as appears Vmore fully hereinafter, the assembling and dis-assembling of lthe clip members relative to the brooch base member. Upon each extension, as at a lateral edge thereof, is formed a cam projection, see I4h, serving as a locking element, in cooperation with a coordinated part of a clip member, as appears more fully hereinafter.

The embodiment shown in Fig. 4 comprises further a clip base member I5 embodying, in essentials, an apertured member l5a., its aperture being indicated at l5b, and extends upwardly, i. e., at right angles, to the body portion l5c of the clip base member. The clip base member comprises further ears l5d, opposingly related, for hinge or equivalent relationship with its appropriate clip back member I6; in this instance the ears I5d are provided with registering openings as indicated, for receiving a pintle or a pair of respectively associated pintle members IGa carried by the clip back member. In the illustrated instance, the aperture I5b is substantially rectilinear in outline.V y

Accordingly, upon exerting pressure upon the extension member l4g to press the same toward one another, the clip base member I5 is associated with and upon the extension I4b by passing the free end of such extension l IIb` through the aperture l5b of the clip base member l5 until the apertured member I5a has passed beyond the cam projection l4h of the extension Mb to enter its locking slot l41, whereby upon release of the spring extensions l4g, the clip is lockedly retained in its assemblage position. Conversely, to. dis-assemble the clip base member relative to the brooch base extension l4b, the spring extensions [4g are similarly pressed toward one another, permitting the apertured member I5a to be released from locking engage ment with the cam projection I4h, and permitting the clip member to be displaced from and out of the locking slot |41' of the brooch base member.

Each clip member further comprises resilient means, in this instance afforded by blank-slotting a terminal portion of the body of the clip back member, a manner of slotting being indicated at IGb, I6b, whereby the resulting tongue Ilic in cooperation with the body of the apertured member l5a, resiliently biases the clip back member I6 and its associated clip base member l5 toward closing position, utilized when each clip member is worn individually or as a pair or set independently of the brooch assemblage. Preferably, as is shown` in Fig. 3, locking means is aorded by upsetting as is indicated at lid, to provide an extension for piercing or entering the material of the garmentto which the clip is appled.- Y

It is further observed that the 'blanked slots llb. 15b, cooperate further to eiect springing oi thefpintle members to afford assembly and dis-assembly relative `to the hinge opening members ld, l5d. of the clip base member I5.

The embodiment illustrated in Fig. 5 follows generally the principle of that of Fig. 4, and

like parts are designated by like reference characters. The embodiment shown in Fig. 5 in particular affords "spring cooperation with appro-k priate clip base membersand correspondingly with an appropriate clip back member, similar to the clip back member I6; associated with the illustrated clip base member, by ilat "spring elements I4l, I4I, secured to the body l4a of the clip base member,.the aperture l5b' being suitably apertured in conformity to the dimensional contour of such spring elements l4l. rI'he extension l4m of the brooch base member functions to engage in immediate face to face contact the body of the clip base member I5 when the same has been assembled upon the brooch base member I4.

The inturned' ears I5e, l5e, of the clip base member I5 serve as aligning and retaining, i. e., prong elements relative to the respective extensions l4b or l4l.

As appears from the above, and as shown in the drawing, the terminal portions IIIe, I4e, per se, and jointly Awith their extensions l4g, |49, serve respectively, in conjunction with the body portion Illa, of the brooch base member, to support the respective clip members in stable position.

'Ihe clip members may be individually dis-assembled, and conversely assembled relative to the brooch base member by applying pressure upon and directed between its spring member and any xed part of the brooch base member.

Whereas I have described my invention by reference to speciiic forms thereof, it will be understood that many changes and modiiications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. The combination of a plurality of clip members, a brooch base member for commonly mounting said clip members, said brooch base member comprising a body portion, said brooch base member further including extensions secured to saidbody portion, each extension carrying a resilient formation, each clip member including an apertured element adapted to receive and cooperate with one of the extensions of said brooch base member, said apertured element of a clip member cooperating with said resilient formation of such one extension for retaining and locking. the clip member upon such one extension.

2. The combination of a plurality of clip members, a brooch base member for commonly mounting said clip members, said brooch base member comprising a body portion, said brooch base member further including extensions integrally secured to said body portion,l the material of each extension having a resilient formation each clip member including an apertured element adapted to receive and cooperate with one of the extensions of said brooch base member, said apertured element of a clip member cooperating with said resilient formation of such one extension for retaining and locking the clip member upon such one extension. 3. 'I'he combination o1' a plurality of clip mem'- bers, a brooch base member for commonly mounting said clip members, said brooch base member comprising a body portion, said brooch base member further including extensions slotted to afford resiliency, each extension having a cam formation, each clip member including an apertured element adapted to'receive andcooperate with the cam formation of one of the extensions of said brooch base member to retain and lock said clip member thereon.

4. 'I'he combination of a plurality of clip members, a brooch base member for commonly mounting said clip members, said .brooch base member comprising a body portion, said brooch base member further including resilient extensions secured to said body portion, each extension having a cam formation, each clip member including a member having a rectangularly outlined aperture adapted to receive and cooperate with the cam formation of one of the extensions of said brooch base member to retain and lock said clip member thereon.

cunas 5. The combination of a plurality of clip members, a. brooch base member for commonly mounting said clip members, said brooch base member comprising a body portion, said brooch base member further including resilient extensions secured to said body portion, each extension having a cam formation, each clip member including an apertured element adapted to receive and cooperate with the cam formation of one of the 10 extensions of said brooch base member to retain and lock said clip member thereon, each clip member further including a clip back member, the body of which is slotted to provide in cooperation with said apertured element resiliency toward closing, said clip back member including oppositely disposed pintle elements resiliently related to one another and for affording hinge relationship with its associated clip base mem' 

